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Saturday, December 28, 2013

Riah's Yearly/Holiday Hair Straightening!

Heya, guys! Happy Holidays!I wanted to briefly show my attempt at
straightening my four year old's hair. It came out very well! Her hair is
already so silky, so it's easy to get straight. Her hair is 3A-3B,
sometimes seems more like a type two instead. But either way, it was easy.
It only took a full hour to get her fine strands straightened.
Before
I did anything, her hair was freshly washed two days prior, oiled up,
and put into four braids. When I wanted to straighten it, I cranked up my regular cheap flat iron (400 degrees), put some grapeseed oil on her sections, and
then applied my Tresemme heat protectant on the sections as well. Then I
combed through with my wide toothed comb. I started with smaller
sections. Syriah did so well with being still... she always does.

To
avoid more damage, I only did one pass. A few ends had an extra run
through them, but then I realized how badly she needed a trim. Her last
trim was in July... about a half an inch. I measured her hair after I
was done to get a more accurate length check than the one above, and her hair was actually about 22.5 inches (damn!) instead of 21. But she needed a trim, so I took off about an inch. Her hair was also a little uneven from the last trim as well, so I evened it out. And she looks gorgeous! Her hair is soft and silky, flows well like 'white people hair' LOL!

This is how her hair looked when she went outside the same day (above). Below is the trim.

Here is how she wore her hair when we went to a woman's breakfast at my mom's church.

My little fashionista LOL! I love the waves in her hair due to braids.

Nightly Care:

Every other day, I put a light oil (grapeseed oil or coconut oil) all over her hair, especially the ends. Then I thoroughly comb it after parting it into two sections. Lastly, I braid each section into the same 'Pocahontas' braids showed above, except without the hair band at the top. She wears stocking caps to bed and her hair always looks fresh and un-bothered in the morning.

So, that's my straightening update for Syriah. I wish that my hair was as easy to get just about bone straight like hers sometimes. But I love my curls and my own hair, anyway. ;)